Fall Retreat and Annual Meeting Agenda

See below the agenda for our time together. For full bios of our leadership, plenary speakers, senior discussants and chairs, please click on the names hyperlinked below. 

This agenda is subject to change and will be updated as details are confirmed.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31
Fall Retreat

6:00 - 8:00 PM

Welcome Reception for Fellows and Attendees
The reception will include a welcome from a member of the Retreat Planning Committee and it is an opportunity for attendees to socialize among themselves. 

Location: George Washington University, City View, 1957 E. Street NW - 7th Floor

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1

Fall Retreat

Unless otherwise noted, all events take place in The National Academy of Sciences Building located at:

2101 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20418

8:15 - 9:00 AM

Registration and Breakfast

Food will be served in the Great Hall, with seating available in the Great Hall and West Court and East Court.

9:00 - 9:30 AM

Welcoming Remarks and Introductions
Kara Finnigan, Senior Vice President | The Spencer Foundation

Lorrie Shepard, Chair of the NAEd Professional Development Committee | University of Colorado Boulder

West Court

9:45 - 11:00 AM

Cohort Check-ins

2023 Postdoctoral Fellows and Research Development Awardees
NAS 125

2023 Dissertation Fellows
NAS 120

9:45 AM - 12:15 PM

2022 Postdoctoral Fellows Writing Workshop


Elizabeth Birr Moje | University of Michigan

Julie Posselt | University of Southern California

Lucrecia SantibañezUniversity of California, Los Angeles


Lecture Room

11:00 - 11:15 AM

Break
Great Hall

11:15AM - 12:15 PM

Former Fellows Panels

Dissertation Fellows: Former Fellows Panel

Anna Kaiper-Marquez | National Center for Families Learning

Owen Schochet | Mathematica

NAS 120


Postdoctoral Fellows and Awardees: Former Fellows Panel

Nelson Flores | University of Pennsylvania

Carolyn Hill | MDRC

NAS 125

12:15 - 1:15 PM

Lunch Break
Food will be served in the Great Hall, with seating available in the Great Hall and West Court and East Court.

1:30 - 3:00 PM

Small Group Sessions

Attendees to choose the discussion to attend.


Lecture Room

The Job Market: In and Out of Academia

Marshall Anthony Jr. | The Institute for College Access & Success

Bryan Brayboy | Northwestern University

Anna Kaiper-Marquez | National Center for Families Learning


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NAS 125


Different Pathways to Publication

Nelson Flores | University of Pennsylvania

Laura Valdiviezo | University of Massachusetts Amherst

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NAS 120


Insights for Healthy and Productive Partnerships and Professional Collaboration

Anjali Adukia | University of Chicago

Michelle Fine | The Graduate Center, CUNY

Lucrecia Santibañez | University of California, Los Angeles

3:00 - 3:15 PM

Break
Great Hall

3:15 - 4:45 PM

Large Group Session: Preparing Scholars for Transformative Research

Kara Finnigan, Senior Vice President | The Spencer Foundation

Lecture Room

4:45 PM

Adjourn

6:00 - 8:00 PM

Fall Retreat Dinner

This dinner will not include a speaker or a formal program but rather will provide time for fellows and awardees to socialize among themselves and other retreat guests.

Location: Teddy and the Bully Bar - 1200 19th Street NW

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2

Fall Retreat and NAEd Annual Meeting

8:15 - 9:00 AM

Registration and Breakfast
Food will be served in the Great Hall, with seating available in the Great Hall and West Court. 

9:00 - 9:45 AM

Well-Being and Resistance


Megan Bang | Northwestern University

Zeus Leonardo | University of California, Berkeley


Auditorium

10:00 - 10:45 AM

Mentoring
See Room List Below. Room Assignments are based on the first letter of the mentor's last name. Free block for those who are not in mentoring sessions.

ASSIGNMENTS

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A-F | NAS 120
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G-L | NAS 125

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M-P | Members' Room

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Q-Z | NAS 118

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Virtual Mentoring | NAS 280


10:45 - 11:00 AM

Break
Great Hall

11:00 - 11:45 AM

Mentoring continued
See Room List Below. Room Assignments are based on the first letter of the mentor's last name. Free block for those who are not in mentoring sessions.

ASSIGNMENTS

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A-F | NAS 120
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G-L | NAS 125

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M-P | Members' Room

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Q-Z | NAS 118

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Virtual Mentoring | NAS 280


11:00 - 11:45 AM

NAEd New Member Orientation
NAS 250

11:45 AM - 12:45 PM

Lunch Break 

Food will be served in the Great Hall, with seating available in the Great Hall and West Court

1:00 - 2:00 PM

Fellows Forum I

PANELISTS

Panel 1-A 

NAS 125


Senior Discussant, Okhee Lee | New York University

Session Chair, Claudia Cervantes Soon | Arizona State University


Jennifer M. Higgs | University of California, Davis

Being Human in the Age of Generative AI: Young People's Ethical Concerns about Writing and Living with Machines


Sarah McGrew | University of Maryland

"From Personal Experience, It's True!": Students' Digital Credibility Judgments on Issues They Cared About


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Panel 1-B 

NAS 120


Senior Discussant, Kris Gutierrez | University of California, Berkeley

Session Chair, Lorrie Shepard | University of Colorado, Boulder


Rebecca Johnson | Georgetown University

Prioritization within K-12 School Districts: Parents, Policy Categories, and Predictive Algorithms


Beth Schueler | University of Virginia

Sustaining School District Improvement


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Panel 1-C  

Members' Room


Senior Discussant, Onnie Rogers | Northwestern University

Session Chair, Darris Means | University of Pittsburgh


Ashley Smith-Purviance | Providence College

Post-Pandemic Possibilities: Black Women Youth Workers Reimagining Education


Brittany M. Williams | University of Vermont

Beyond "Know Your Status": Investigating HIV/AIDS in Conversation with Black College Women

2:00 - 2:20 PM

Break
Great Hall

2:20 - 4:00 PM

The Politicization of Education and the Role for Research:


Janelle Scott | University of California, Berkeley (Chair)

Jeff Henig | Teachers College, Columbia University

Susan Nogan | National Education Association

Elizabeth Todd-Breland | University of Illinois-Chicago and Vice President, Chicago Board of Education

Leah Watson | American Civil Liberties Union


Auditorium

4:00 PM

Fellows and Awardees, and Non-NAEd Member Participants Adjourn

4:15 - 5:45 PM

NAEd Members Business Meeting (members only)

Lecture Room

5:45 PM

NAEd Members Adjourn

6:30 - 9:00 PM

Spencer Reception/Annual Meeting Dinner

Fairmont Hotel, Grand Ballroom | 2401 M St. NW

A bus will shuttle attendees from the Courtyard Marriott Foggy Bottom and the National Academy of Sciences to the Fairmont beginning at 6:00pm. 

There will be a return bus to shuttle attendees back to the Courtyard Marriott Foggy Bottom at 9:00pm.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3

Fall Retreat and NAEd Annual Meeting

8:00 - 8:45 AM

Registration and Breakfast
Food will be served in the Great Hall, with seating available in the Great Hall and West Court, and East Court.

8:45 - 10:15 AM

Fellows Forum II


PANELISTS

Panel 2-A  

NAS 125


Senior Discussant, Shirin Vossoughi | Northwestern University

Session Chair, Lorrie Shepard | University of Colorado, Boulder


Lauren Kelly | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Remaking the World: Transforming Teaching Through Youth Pedagogical Design


Kongji Qin | New York University

Immigration Literacy & Dignity Project: Testimonio as Anti-Oppressive Language and Literacy Pedagogy for/with Immigrant Youth


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Panel 2-B  

NAS 120


Senior Discussant, Django Paris | University of Washington

Session Chair, Ofelia Garcia | The Graduate Center, CUNY


Justin Grinage | University of Minnesota

Racial Melancholia and Education: A Critical Ethnographic Study of Racism, Trauma, and Resistance in the Aftermath of Tragedy in Minneapolis


Alexander Hyres | University of Utah

Educating in a Burning House: Black Teachers and the Desegregation of Schools, Colleges, and Universities in the South, 1960-2001


Derron Wallace | Brandeis University

Policing for Safety in Schools? Exploring Black Youth's Experiences of New School-Based Policing in Britain

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Panel 2-C  

Lecture Room


Senior Discussant, Amy Stambach | University of Wisconsin-Madison

Session Chair, Claudia Cervantes Soon |  Arizona State University


Alejandro J. Ganimian New York University

Do Teachers in Developing Countries Really "Teach to the Top"? A Classroom-Observation Protocol to Characterize Heterogeneity in Student-Teacher Interactions


Krystal Strong | University of Pennsylvania

Fast-Tracking Leaders: A Critical Ethnographic Study of Youth Leadership Development in Africa

10:15 - 10:30 AM

Break
Great Hall

10:30 AM - 12:10 PM

What to do About and With AI in Education: Challenges and Opportunities for AI in Teaching and Learning:


Kenneth Koedinger | Carnegie Mellon University (Chair)

Ryan Baker | University of Pennsylvania

Kristen DiCerbo | Khan Academy

Nia Nixon | University of California, Irvine

Shamya Karumbaiah | University of Wisconsin-Madison


Auditorium

12:10 - 1:00 PM

Lunch
Food will be served in the Great Hall with seating available in the Great Hall and West Court and East Court

1:10 - 3:00 PM

Fellows Forum III


PANELISTS


Panel 3-A  

NAS 125

Senior Discussant, Nicole Mirra | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Session Chair, Sonia Nieto | University of Massachusetts Amherst


Laura C. Chávez-Moreno | University of California, Los Angeles

How Schools Make Race: Teaching Latinx Racialization


Emma Gargroetzi | University of Texas

Quantitative Civic Composing for Imagination, Action, and Freedom: A Social Design-Based Experiment in Mathematics and English Language Arts


Rachelle Kuehl | Virginia Tech

Navigating an Anti-CRT Climate in Rural Places: How Appalachian Teachers Approach Critical Discussions About Race in Contentious Times

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Panel 3-B  

NAS 120

Senior Discussant, Cassandra Hart | University of California, Davis

Session Chair, Lorrie Shepard | University of Colorado, Boulder


Daphne Henry | University of Pittsburgh

Disparate Impact: Exploring Why the Academic Returns to Family Socioeconomic Status Differ for Black and White Families


Xu Qin | University of Pittsburgh

New Analytic Tools for Causal Understanding of for Whom, Where, and Why An Educational Intervention is Effective


Tanya Sanabria | California State University, Los Angeles

The Effects of Educational Labels: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from No Child Left Behind


April Sutton | University of California, San Diego

Who is Left Behind and Why? Rural-Urban Inequalities in Postsecondary Enrollment by Gender and Race/Ethnicity

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Panel 3-C  

Lecture Room


Senior Discussant, Darris Means | University of Pittsburgh

Session Chair, Taylor Johnson | National Academy of Education


Dominique Baker | Southern Methodist University

To borrow a phrase: An investigation of the news media's role in racialized student loan policy communication.


Mark Emerick | Muhlenberg College

From sending schools to career and technical centers: Race-and language-neutral policies as barriers for emergent bilingual students


Adrian H. Huerta | University of Southern California

The Educational Pathways of Former Gang Members from K-12 to College Graduates


Stephen Santa-Ramirez | University at Buffalo

So, What Happens Now? The Career Preparation and Post-Graduation Experiences of Collegians who are Undocu/DACAmented

2:50 PM

Members Adjourn 

3:00 - 3:10 PM

Break

Great Hall 

3:10 - 3:40 PM

Retreat Closing Session
Lecture Room

3:40 PM

Fellows and Awardees Adjourn

3:00 - 5:00 PM

NAEd Board of Directors Meeting
NAS 118

This agenda is subject to change and will be updated as details are confirmed.